Alstonefield

Paperback

Main Details

Title Alstonefield
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Riley
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 217,Width 137
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781857546484
ClassificationsDewey:821.92
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Edition New edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
Publication Date 11 December 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This long poem in 10-line stanzas is named after a small limestone village in the north Staffordshire Peak District. It is a poem about passage, transformation, and the resources of the imagination in quest of a sense of justice. Divided into five sections, the poem's first four sections are short poetical meditations on place and landscape, memory, and imagination in a humanized enclosure. The much longer fifth section brushes with philosophical, political, and other human discourses.

Author Biography

Peter Riley is a bookseller and a former English teacher at the University of Odense.

Reviews

One of Britain s major, if insufficiently recognized, poets. John Kinsella, "The Observer""